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Samsung Throws Down the Gauntlet with Its New iPhone-Bashing Ad

Not too long ago, Samsung faced a big loss against Apple in court, and now, it’s just sat through the announcement of the new iPhone, which sold out its preorders in a matter of hours. What’s a rival manufacturer to do? That’s easy; if you’re Samsung, you attack. https://gizmodo.com/samsung-owes-apple-a-comedically-huge-1-05-billion-in-5937781 Samsung has crafted a pretty aggressive…

How the iPhone 5 Stacks Up to the Competition

The new iPhone is finally here. Yes, people would line up to buy it even if it was made of bottle-caps and dog-poo, but it isn’t. It’s predictably a very good phone. How good? Let’s see how it compares to the top competition. The following chart is a look at how these phones measure up…

Galaxy S3 owners rejoice: Samsung has announced you’ll be getting a Jelly Bean update in October. Sweet. [CNET]

Samsung Galaxy S III Knocked Down to Just $100 on Amazon Ahead of iPhone 5

Apple will announce its redesigned iPhone tomorrow. Ahead of that huge launch, Amazon has knocked down the price of the 16GB to just $100 with a contract in an apparent attempt to unload as many of the phones as possible before everybody forgets about the Samsung Galaxy S III. But don’t let the sheen of…

Samsung Will Reportedly Sue Apple Over a 4G LTE iPhone 5 (Updated)

The $1.05 billion Samsung has been ordered to pay Apple has not ended fight between the two companies. In fact, the battle might get even more complicated. According to the Korea Times, Samsung will sue Apple once again over LTE patents the iPhone 5 reportedly infringes on. https://gizmodo.com/here-are-the-damages-samsung-has-to-pay-apple-scrawled-5937808 The latest news came after a Korean…

Samsung Claims Its Phones Don’t Infringe on Apple Patents Because Android Multitouch Sucks Too Much

While the big Apple vs. Samsung case is finished in the U.S. there are plenty of other patent skirmishes between the two here and around the globe. In an attempt to narrowly avoid a recall and ban in the Netherlands, Samsung threw Android under the bus, claiming that its’ phones couldn’t be infringing because Android…

Apple’s allegedly slashing memory orders from Samsung to make its devices less Sammy-dependant. Grudge, much? [Reuters]

Report: Worker Abuse and Underage Employment at Six More Samsung Factories

Another report from a Chinese labor watchdog suggests that reports of Samsung’s underage and abused workforce weren’t a one-off. https://gizmodo.com/report-underage-children-abused-in-samsung-factories-5932504 A four-month investigation by China Labor Watch has revealed “severe labor abuses” at six Samsung-owned factories and two of its suppliers. A press release details abuses including unpaid labor, forced and excessive overtime hours, and…

Ask Apple Vs Samsung Jury Foreman Velvin Hogan Whatever You Want

A few weeks ago, Samsung got hit with $1.05 billion penalty for violating Apple’s patents and copyrights. It took the jury just a few days to decide on the massive penalty. Jury foreman Velvin Hogan probably had more to do with the.the speed of the decision-and its outcome-than anyone. https://gizmodo.com/samsung-vs-apple-verdict-apple-wins-huge-5937762 By now, you might have…

Samsung Audit Finds No Underage Workers, But Some Serious Problems

Last month a Chinese labor watchdog fingered Samsung for employing, and abusing, underage workers in its factories. Now a Samsung audit has found no evidence of underage workers—but plenty of other problems to worry about. https://gizmodo.com/report-underage-children-abused-in-samsung-factories-5932504 Investigating the HEG Electronics facility in Huizhou, China, which was the focus of last month’s report, Samsung found no…

How Samsung Threatened To Strand Two Bloggers in Germany

Being stranded in a foreign country without enough money to buy yourself a ticket home is a special kind of nightmare. Samsung threatened to do exactly that to two bloggers, according to a harrowing tale on The Next Web. The bloggers in question claim to have made it clear they were traveling to IFA on…

Apple Taking Aim at Galaxy S III and Galaxy Note in Updated Galaxy Nexus Complaint

Apparently not content with a $1 billion verdict in its favor, Apple is trudging ever forward in its patent war against Samsung, and this time it’s taking aim at a slew of more current phones including the Galaxy Note and Samsung’s flagship Galaxy S III. The move comes as an addendum to the injunction against…

Samsung’s Crazy Better-Than-Retina Display Series 9 Ultrabook Can’t Get Here Fast Enough

Samsung is showing a 13-inch Series 9 ultrabook at IFA with a 2,560×1,440 display. It’s only a prototype, but here is the only reasonable reaction to that bit of news: Hell f*cking yes. The Series 9 is the most beautiful laptop out there. It’s prettier than MacBooks and ZenBooks and BookBooks. But the screen was…

Samsung Beats Apple in Japanese Patent Lawsuit

Samsung’s faring a lot better in east Asian courts than it has in the US. A Japanese judge has ruled that the Korean company’s phones and tablets did not violate Apple’s patents, and has ordered Apple to pay all of Samsung’s legal fees. Like the American trial, the case was about whether Samsung’s smartphones and…

Why (Unfair, Expensive) Shared Data Plans Just Became the Inevitable Future

You’ll be forgiven for not paying too much attention to IFA, a giant tech conference taking place this week in Berlin. There have been some fine spectacles so far—84-inch, 4k TV anyone?—but for the most part, you’re not missing much. https://gizmodo.com/sonys-84-inch-4k-tv-is-mammoth-and-beautiful-and-we-wan-5938854 Except, maybe, for the exact moment that data plans started down an irreversible path…

Samsung Ativ Tab Is a 10.1-Inch, Windows RT Running, Microsoft Surface Challenger

While some PC makers are nervous about building hardware for Windows RT, Samsung’s going for it with the Samsung Ativ Tab. Will it be enough to steer people away from Microsoft Surface? The Ativ Tab has 10.1-inch 1366×768 display, is 8.9mm thick, and weighs 20 ounces. So it’s slimmer and lighter than the last Samsung…

Smartphones Win Size Battle Against Human Penises

Gizmodo alumnus John Herrman’s penis size is unknown, but I’m sure it’s proportional to the size of his genius and this awesome chart proves it. Attenshun, people of the world with average genitals! Today is the day smartphones’ screens became larger than your penis, thanks to the Samsung Galaxy Note II and its 5.5-inch HD…

Here’s Your First Look at a Windows Phone 8 Phone (Updated)

We’re looking forward to seeing what Nokia’s got coming for Windows Phone next week. But in the meantime, here’s the first look at a WP8 phone—one made by Samsung!—from Microsoft’s blog. At first glance, we thought the phone looked like a Galaxy S III, but after looking at these shots from the MS blog, this…

Samsung’s Android-Juiced Galaxy Camera Can Post Photos to Instagram From Anywhere With a Data Plan

The Samsung Galaxy Camera is the company’s latest answer to the great connected camera problem brought on by smartphones. How do you make the perfect Wi-Fi camera? Give it a data plan. What we have here, is the literally the Samsung Galaxy S III stuck to the back of a generic point-and-shoot camera. Seriously. This…

Galaxy Note II: 5.5-Inches of S-Pen Friendly Phablet

We may not be the biggest fans of Samsung’s giant phone movement, but apparently consumers have decided otherwise because Sammy is trotting out the Galaxy Note II: a 5.5-inch brute of a phablet running Android Jelly Bean. And with a screen so big, it promises to be fully compatible with the pressure sensitive S-Pen. In…